Real estate is a hot commodity.
But around every corner, danger lurks...
from zombie houses.
These rotting corpses aren't just ugly...
What happened?
...they're dangerous.
Whoa!
Fire! Get out of there!
And they can drag down an entire neighborhood...
It's the ugliest house on the street.
...but their days are numbered.
Here in Orlando, Florida,
taking on these monstrosities is our specialty.
It's a wreck, but we don't shy away from things like that.
Ew. Our team tracks these filthy zombies down...
This place is a total dump,
but at least this room is huge.
...and pumps new life into them...
Maybe I got heat stroke,
but I'm falling in love with this place.
...flipping them into sweet homes...
- Wow. - This is amazing.
...that we can sell... We are ready to go.
...for an even sweeter payday.
Here's to selling another house.
This...
is "Zombie House Flipping."
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♪ Can't you feel it in your bones? ♪
♪ Change is coming and it won't take long ♪
So where are we going?
Today we're heading to Vista East.
- Have you ever heard of that? - No.
You never heard of Vista East? You know where it is,
- Justin, yeah? - Yeah, it's over by the airport.
Vista East is a wonderful neighborhood
with really nice starter homes, and it's close to parks,
shopping, and really good schools.
And it's also one of the safest
and most diverse neighborhoods in Orlando.
This family called me yesterday,
and they have a house, that they want to sell, right?
They need a cash offer and they need it ASAP
because they put a large deposit down on a new build.
OK. But they can't secure the financing
to complete the purchase
without the sale of this property.
Basically, if they don't get the cash
in the next, like, 10 days,
they're going to lose their deposit.
They've already moved their stuff out of the house,
and it might not even be that bad of a zombie.
They're hoping that we'll be able to buy it off them,
you know, so I think we'd be helping them out.
And also, hopefully, it's a good little flip.
How do we say no to that?
Real easy. You just go like this-- nope.
Y'all know we have seven renovations going on right now,
and we don't really have money to buy another house.
I think we could probably get a loan
for the whole thing, if it's worth it.
If they really need the money in 10 days,
then we have to take a 100% rehab loan out
and 100% hard money loan,
and that's the highest interest rates we pay,
and that's the highest points we pay,
so that private money gets expensive.
Loans for real estate development deals vary
anywhere from 8% to 12%,
with 1-4% paid up front in points.
The more cash we can put up ourselves,
the lower rate we can borrow at.
But with all the other renovations
we've got going on right now, we are cash poor at the moment
and paying those higher rates can cut deep into our profits.
Totally adds up. It could be a total train wreck.
Let's take a look. We always gotta take a look, right?
Yeah. Oh, here it is. Look.
Um, another pink house. Great.
This looks good.
Aside from the bars on the windows,
doesn't look too zombie-ish yet.
What can you tell us about the property?
Well, it was built in the 1970s.
It has about 1,300 square feet of living space.
It's concrete block and has three bedrooms
and two bathrooms.
And it also has an attached two-car garage.
The owner needs a decision right away
and is asking for $140,000.
That's cheap enough to be a strong possibility,
but we got to see what's wrong with this place first.
Alright, the roof doesn't look shot.
It might have some life on it.
The roof does not look nice. There's a giant patch up there.
It's like this red splotch in the middle of it.
Well, they probably just have, like,
a little minor leak and patched it
and couldn't match it.
It definitely needs a new fence.
Do you see that around the garage door opening?
Somebody rooted plumbing around the entire garage door opening.
Ingenuity. That's beautiful.
No, that's the craziest thing I've ever seen.
OK, so whoever lived here before was a real DIY enthusiast,
but honestly, I'm not seeing anything
out of the ordinary for a zombie.
Of course, though, we've only just begun
to scratch the surface.
Let's check out - the inside. - Alright.
Oh, well, this isn't what I was expecting.
I love the high ceilings,
I guess the ugly bars in the windows
wasn't enough of a prison look.
Looks like somebody was fascinated with wrought iron.
You got it indoor and outdoor.
What do you think of these floors?
- They're just laminate. - I think they have to go.
- Yeah. - Yeah.
Let's look at this kitchen,
which I think is hiding behind this partition.
Yeah, I would totally get rid of this wall.
Yeah.
Well, at least it's clean.
If you get past how cheap it is.
I mean, particle board cabinets, laminate countertops.
What a waste.
I would say this all gets ripped out.
Definitely.
Oh, my God, there's a whole other room back here.
Look, with - the fireplace. - Oh.
That's amazing. That could be painted.
This has the bones of a super fast flip.
Like, it's not a complete, absolute train wreck.
Yeah. A fast flip means fewer interest payments
on our loan, which would be great.
Well, let's see if there's a disaster
waiting for us down this hallway.
OK, hall bath.
Why is that one so ugly?
Oh, come on, this tile ain't that bad.
I knew you'd like it.
Yeah, you know I'm a sucker for it
It's in pretty good shape. Maybe just needs a paint job.
OK, so what's down here?
This is the master. Nice size bedroom.
Just needs to be freshened up.
Oh, look at this.
Here's the master bath. Oh.
With more yellow tile.
I don't even think that's tile, though.
Oh, wow, is this, like, the mobile home stuff?
- Yeah. - Oh yeah, it's plastic.
They put it on top of the tile.
So that's not classy.
If you took all this out,
you could make a nice walk-in shower.
And here are the other two bedrooms.
Look at this, all the windows have
something holding them up.
Yeah, there's a stick jammed in there.
So maybe the windows aren't good.
Uh-oh. Might need new windows.
I hope not, because that would be the longest thing
we'd really have to wait for for this house, you know?
Yeah, the lag time on windows is what?
It's, like, a month right now.
Yeah. Not good.
House flipping has become pretty complicated these days
because of the supply chain holdups.
Depending on what you need,
You could be left waiting for who knows how long.
So you have to be careful what you commit to.
OK, so let's check - out the outside. - Yeah.
Oh, my goodness. Look at this.
This does not look like a permanent addition.
No, it's more like a subtraction.
- Look, Keith. - You've got to be kidding.
I'm like, my fingers go...
Yep, that's the outside.
This whole room is barely hanging on.
This is the soffit of the house.
So, I mean, they just attached to it.
This is definitely an afterthought.
Yeah. Well, let's go look out back.
Look, the house comes with a shed.
Not a very good one.
- No. - No.
And then what's this bit of wood?
- What is that doing? - Holding up the whole house?
Uh, it might be.
I don't know what it's doing, but there's a lot of wasps
living in it, so we can't leave that alone.
Look at those wasps. It's getting madder and madder.
They're ready--Watch out.
Yeah, they're-- Oh, yeah.
- OK, let's leave that alone. - Stay back.
This house could be just like that wasp nest--
we either stay away from it
or we deal with it fast so we don't get stung.
So, what are you guys thinking so far?
Well, we know if we buy this place,
the interest rates will be painfully high.
The only way it'd be worth it
is if we flip it quickly enough
to make just one monthly payment.
This is what a speedy flip looks like, right?
It's quick in the sense of it's not crazy,
but at the same time, if we do have to replace the windows,
that could be a lag time, and it's full kitchen redesign.
We need all new flooring, new paint, and two bathrooms.
- Yeah. - We should do that, like, super fast.
We'd need to finish this in, like, 30 days.
Can you guarantee that, Keith? Pretty much.
What can we scoop this up for?
So $140,000, and I'm thinking 60 grand for the reno,
but we might be able to sell for 260 or 270,
which is great if we don't get bogged down
in interest payments.
Sounds to me like we got to get measuring.
- Let's start organizing. - Alright.
Cool.
We agreed to the seller's asking price
of $140,000,
which we think is a very fair price for this property
in this condition.
We also set our renovation budget at 60 grand,
but we had to take a loan out for both of those amounts,
which means higher upfront cost and interest payments,
and it's going to cost us around 6 grand
just in month one on this loan.
Closing costs should hit around 12 grand
when we sell, putting our all in cost
just north of $218,000.
But if we can hit our projected sale price of 270,
that gives the team a profit of around $52,000.
There's two major fixes we're going to do to this house.
The first is to get rid of that unpermitted, ragged,
lean-to an enclosed back patio
and turn it into a proper concrete slab porch
that'll be perfect for hanging out with guests.
Then inside, we're going to make sure the master bath
gets a proper upgrade.
We'll tear out that tub and raise the ceiling
to create a spacious walk-in shower,
which will be complemented by a new sink and fresh fixtures.
After that, it's all about getting that kitchen fixed up.
We're going to lose that wall separating the kitchen
from the living room
and shift the fridge and the stove over to the back wall.
And then we're going to build out a peninsula
that offers seating on the living room side
and a dishwasher and cabinets on the kitchen side.
Guys, I think we just got to get that kitchen wall down,
first and foremost, right?
That'll really open everything up.
Yeah, totally. Let's take it down.
First things first, I think we got live power
in this wall, so...
- There's a couple. - Yeah.
There's, like, an outlet, a switch.
The power is probably brought in through
one of these headers.
So let's break the headers open and then see what we got.
- There we go. - OK, there's the power.
Whenever there's a live electrical wire
running through a demo area,
we need to set our destructive impulses on simmer
and shut that electrical line off at the breaker panel.
Still on.
We're using a non-contact voltage detector
which beeps if a wire is still hot.
Alright, what about now?
OK, you got it.
Now go to that outlet.
This other one's still on.
I know that having to wait is killing Keith.
What about now?
Oh, it's off
But, you know, it's better than actually killing Keith.
1, 2, 3.
Here we go!
Oh! Whoo, yeah!
- Open floor plan. - Looks amazing.
What about the back room?
Can you just cut the bottom of that one?
We'll just push that over?
What if we just use the nuclear option?
- What's that? - Hmm...
Trying to tear down that room one nail at a time?
That'd take forever.
What we need is a wrecker in here.
Why pay for a wrecker when my nuclear option
is already on site?
My truck has taken so many beatings,
a few more scratches won't even be noticeable.
- Why are we doing this again? - To appease Keith.
You good? - Yeah!
Go for it. Go!
He did it!
Oh, he's coming back!
Oh, my God. Keep going!
- Fast demo, alright. - Oh, wow, wow!
Oh, my God! That was amazing.
Yeah!
That was awesome.
Oh, my God, you're, like, more damage than a hurricane.
Oh, man, yeah. Oh, Hurricane Keith.
Turns out, my truck's not only a great wrecking ball,
it's also a pretty good dump truck
because now, I got a bed full of debris to haul off
to the junkyard.
Fortunately, we got a demo crew that could help clear out
the rest of this mess.
They strip out the kitchens and bathrooms
and then tear out the floors, leaving us a bare bones house
that we can build back, hopefully in record time.
One of the most important parts of flipping an older house
is upgrading the electrical system
so that there's no chance of bad wires or breakers
causing an electrical fire.
Our team redoes the connections of the outlets,
then runs new wires to a new panel
that will properly trip if the wires get overloaded.
Next our plumbers do a full re-pipe.
No more corroded metal pipes in this house,
and no more lines routed around the garage door.
Instead, they run new, flexible PEX tubes
behind the walls, where plumbing belongs.
They also install a new, energy efficient water heater.
And once all of our internal systems are a go,
we can seal everything up and patch all these holes
in the drywall.
Spraying on a layer of knock-down texture
to hide any imperfections on the surfaces
and smoothing out the heavily textured ceiling
in the living room to match the rest of the house.
Hey, Keith, come here real quick.
So the handyman that was here doing all the drywall work.
- Yeah? - He was like, "By the way, over by the fireplace,
when I was patching a hole,
there were like a thousand carpenter ants inside the wall."
And he decided to - bury them alive? - Yeah.
He said he had another job to get to,
so he finished up and left.
So won't hire him again any time soon,
but in the meantime,
gotta undo some of his work to see what's going on.
It's soaking wet back here.
You think the rain last night caused this?
Feel this. This is wet, dude.
This is, like, Laffy Taffy or something.
- Oh, my God. - Yeah.
It just gets worse and worse the higher I go.
Oh, wow, there's so many ants.
Dude, dude, dude, look up there.
Well, they're not carpenter ants,
but now we have two problems.
We had like zero when we walked in,
now we have two.
First, what are these ants even doing back here?
What are they going after?
So we also have drywall
that you can poke your finger through.
Yeah. We got to figure out
where that water is coming from, quick,
so we can fix it within our timeframe.
This is where the chimney is.
There's all that patchwork up on the roof.
That we probably - got to get into. - Yeah.
The fact that those ants aren't carpenter ants--
that's a pretty good sign.
We'll get an exterminator to knock them out.
We'll be good to go. But if we have roof leaks,
it's a whole different can of worms.
It's just got to be the flashing.
It's not coming in... Yeah.
From the chimney, so it's got to be, like,
- right-- Oh, look. - Look at all the runoff.
Oh, dude, the rain just came pouring right in.
I feel like we need to put a new roof on this place.
Wait, wait.
This is what I was worried about
when we first saw this place.
Look, these architectural shingles are covered
with 3-tab shingles over here.
More 3-tab shingles on top of
architectural shingles over here.
These ain't even nailed in all the way.
There's literally one nail in the middle of each shingle.
We had to buy this house quickly,
so we didn't get a full roof inspection,
but we hoped we could do some small patches
for a couple of grand.
Replacing all the shingles is going to run closer to 10,
and on top of that, this might destroy our 30-day deadline.
Who even knows if we can get a roofer out here
in the next few weeks?
Yeah, this could destroy our budget and our timeline.
We need to bite the bullet and just put a new roof
on this thing.
This could destroy our budget and our timeline.
In order to deal with our roof problem as soon as possible,
we ordered some new shingles that should be here
the instant they're available.
And the exterminator took care of those ants,
which means we can keep this speed flip moving
by moving onto interior paint.
We chose the shade called Alabaster,
a warm white that's always popular with buyers.
Now it's on to the floors.
Our crews lay down luxury vinyl plank
with a light gray Pinewood finish.
The Pinewood look has a classic beauty,
and the gray tones give it a modern appeal.
At the same time, we're also replacing
all the old doors in this house.
First, the front gets a new, modern door
in a style called Eclectic,
which features five sleek window panels.
And inside, we're installing new doors with the design style
called Riverside.
They also feature a five-panel layout of inset rectangles
stacked into columns, a geometrically-sharp pattern
that'll make this place look stylish
from floor to ceiling.
- Yeah. - We'll get the landscapers out there.
Hello.
Hey, what's up, Ralph?
I was wondering if I could get on your books
for some landscaping on a project.
I got half a jungle I need torn down.
Um, what timeline are you looking for?
ASAP.
Oh, I got some bad news for you, big man.
Tool's in shop right now being serviced
until about next week.
Damn. That's about the earliest
I could get someone over thee to you is next week.
Alright. Well, damn. If anything changes,
just give me a shout.
Alright. Take care. Bye.
- This sucks. - Great.
Our one reliable landscaper is out of commission for a week,
which would delay the fence guy,
who might book other jobs by then.
Do we call another landscaper?
Dude, I have a pull saw. I have chainsaws.
Alright, let's do it. Yeah.
That's worth it.
Let's just go clear it.
One of the problems with doing a fast flip
is that contractors can't always work on our schedule.
So to keep this job site moving,
it's Justin and Keith's Landscaping Crew to the rescue.
There's a lot for us to DIY,
but we'll trim up this nice avocado tree
and that one and just make it
so that the fencers can actually get behind there.
Well, then let's get to work.
This is not art.
Like, we're going to have to have somebody
come back and cut these a little closer.
Well, at least the fencers can get back here, man,
and that's the real goal.
OK. Alright. Well, now we should start
maybe ripping down this fence.
Yeah. Why don't you get your truck up next to it
and then we'll see what we can yank out?
We can save even more time and money
by pulling down this old fencing ourselves
instead of waiting on our fencing team to do it.
And unlike Keith's crazy demo stunt,
I can put my truck to use without making a total mess.
OK. Go for it.
Onto the next.
And just like that, with a little manpower
and a little horsepower,
we've made it easier for our fencing crew to come in
and do their work as scheduled.
Yeah, we you go.
Cool. Alright, let's roll.
Alright.
Thanks to us clearing the way,
our crew has all the room they need
to put up a new stockade fence
made of tightly-lined Pinewood boards.
We're almost two weeks into this one-month flip,
and so far, we're staying on course.
We set our reno budget at 60 grand,
and so far, we've spent around 28,
but we had to do landscaping work ourselves
and we're still waiting on those roofing materials to arrive.
If we keep having delays with crews and materials like this,
it could make this 30-day deadline hard to keep.
Hey, Jessica, it's Justin Stamper from Blueprint.
I believe we just had a tile order come in
and I was wondering
if you guys could get that ran over to the job site for me
because my guys are ready to start.
There's nothing before that?
We're going to need it sooner than that.
I'll figure something out and get back to you.
Alright. Thanks, Jessica. See you.
We need help running this.
This is frustrating. Because of personnel shortages
in this crazy house-flipping market.
We have to keep making alternate plans on this job.
Some of the floor tile we ordered is literally sitting
in a warehouse, ready to go,
but there's nobody who can bring it to us.
I guess it's up to me and Keith to get
all the tile flooring onto this job site
so the tile guy can start tomorrow as scheduled.
Hey, buddy. - What's up, bro?
Hey. So all of our materials came in,
but they can't deliver it
for another, like, 8-9 days.
And the flooring guys can start
laying floors tomorrow. Would you help me in our trucks?
It would just be, like, two to four trips each.
and that's got to be finished toda.
Oh, you're killing me, bro.
- Sorry, man. Bye. - Alright, man. See you.
Man, this was supposed to be an easy flip,
but things keep getting complicated.
It's simple hold-ups like this that can cause the ripple effect
that affects everything else, causing us to have to pay
on that high interest rate much longer than anticipated.
Buying the supposed quick and easy flip
is starting to feel like a big mistake.
This is a big problem.
We cannot wait another week for tile flooring to arrive,
especially if we're trying to have this entire flip done
in the next two weeks.
If I want to keep this house on schedule,
I need to turn into a one-man pack mule, and fast.
The Matt Manning warehouse closes in just a few hours.
Alright. That's one of four.
Alright. Looks like I'm back every hour on the hour.
Let's go.
Each load is getting lighter and lighter.
Man, trying to flip this house in a short amount of time
sure is costing me a lot of time.
It took me all day, but at least I'm keeping
this house on schedule,
until the next crisis arises.
Now that the tiles are at the house,
our crew can bring this master bathroom to life.
First, they prep the shower
with water-resistant cement backer board on the walls
and concrete sealer on the floors.
Now all the tiles can go in.
On the floor, we're going with a ceramic hex tile
in a cool color called Cypress Green.
Then, in the back wall of the shower,
we're going with a Pearl Tropic gray, large-format tile
with a cool tropical design.
In the foyer,
we've got an awesome tile design going in
called Tempo Roads Caviar matte, black squares
intersected diagonally with white stripes.
We're configuring them in an alternating pattern of zigzags
that create a dynamic invitation into this home.
The tile work has pushed us past the halfway point on our budget.
Of the 60 grand we anticipated,
we've now spent about 33.
We think we'll spend every dollar we have remaining,
so we need to hit this 30-day mark
if we want to lock in the profits we anticipated.
So it turns out that fixing these windows
is a bigger challenge than we thought.
I don't think they're that bad.
Yeah, a lot of them don't seal.
Most of the windows in this house are broken.
- Really? - Not the glass, the mechanisms.
But we're buying new parts, right?
I went to the hardware store.
I tried to find springs to fix it.
I couldn't find anything
In order to stay on track, we figured
we could repair the windows instead of buying new ones.
You know, tear out the bars, install some new parts, done.
Turns out, the parts are as scarce as the full setup.
If you order windows right now, it's going to take, like,
- a few months. - Maybe less. We could get lucky.
I'm sure it'll push us past 30 days,
and then we're going to have more hard money payments.
We're going to be paying into the interest.
I completely understand Ashlee's concerns
about time and money,
I just don't think we have a choice here.
If she's still not convinced, I can show her more.
They took screws and screwed screens
that didn't fit over top of the windows.
So these windows all have holes
drilled in them all around the outside.
It's, like, as if rifle went off.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Yeah.
They can't be patched or something?
Turns out we can't.
Well, if we come to terms today,
I can order them right now.
OK. I definitely don't believe two weeks,
but I mean, let's try it.
So we took a gamble that we could fix
these windows on our own, and it blew up in our face.
Now we have to order new windows,
which are notoriously hard to get.
And not only that, we're doing it weeks later
than we could have.
This could be a hitch that sinks our 30-day schedule for good.
Sometimes in house flipping, you're good,
sometimes you're lucky.
With the new windows we needed, we were both.
They were actually available for immediate delivery.
We called in a favor with our window installer
to get them put in right away.
They're white, vinyl, double-pane windows
with low emissivity glass,
meaning they're very energy efficient
and they also look great.
We're also installing a modern sliding glass door
from the living room to the backyard.
Solving our window problem this fast
keeps us still on track for a 30-day flip,
which has proven a lot trickier than I thought.
Maybe my optimism is justified, after all.
The next step is to spruce up the rest of the exterior.
We coat the walls with the same Alabaster color we used inside,
and the cherry on top--
or, actually, in the front, is a bright red door.
The colorful highlight attracts the eye
and hopefully potential buyers into this home.
You think the house needs some design work?
Yeah, we got to do something
to make this place pop.
OK, so you want to add something somewhere?
Oh, it's a great day to list a house.
Look at that, gang.
- Okey-dokey. - Perfect.
Alright. That means the house is for sale.
Yeah. Yay.
Guys, remember when we first pulled up to this house?
It was definitely the nastiest house
on the whole block.
Right? The roof was ridiculous.
There was, like, five kinds of shingles.
Yeah. Yeah.
There was the exposed plumbing all around the garage.
Oh, the bars on all the windows. The bars.
- Yeah. - It was bad.
And now look at it. It's like, seriously,
the nicest, right? Yeah.
You know, it's the little things like curb appeal
that make the difference in selling the house.
Without a doubt.
Yeah. You guys ready to check inside?
- Yeah, for sure. - Let's have a look.
I love our new walkway.
This tells you you're about to see something cool inside.
Oh, remember, we had that wrought iron
between the two areas?
And white tile?
Yeah, then it was kind of, like, a yellowy fake wood.
Yeah.
Getting rid of all those ugly materials
and putting in these new floors
makes a huge difference in this room.
Definitely. And I like
how the entryway tile matches the outside walkway.
It's a very pronounced pattern that some may not like,
but I think the right buyer will.
I'm digging this new layout.
It's so open and bright.
Justin's standing right where that wall was
that we knocked down.
Remember, we kind of rode it down.
Yeah, yeah, that was cool.
Have we ever done a kitchen that was such
a vast improvement over the prior kitchen?
If you mean going from a space that was claustrophobic,
cheap, and outdated to an open area
with gorgeous countertops and modern appliances,
then I'd say no.
This is just an enormous improvement.
Yeah, totally.
How about the fireplace area?
Oh, my God, there's a whole other room back here. Look.
Remember the water leak and all the ants
we had next to the fireplace?
This gets worse and worse the higher I go.
It looks really contemporary now.
I like this space a lot.
Yeah, it feels very modern, very open.
It's somewhere you'd want to be sitting, right?
- Yeah. - Yeah.
Well, let's check out the bedrooms and the bathroom.
I got a surprise for you guys in the hall bath.
Not only did we modernize and brighten up this bathroom,
but I also added a special feature.
Oh, my God. Wow.
It looks sick, right?
I wanted to surprise you guys with this
My friend, Evan, is an awesome artist.
He literally finished at, like, 8 AM this morning,
and he also sealed it
so it'll stay forever on that tile.
- It's amazing. - It's one of a kind.
No other house in the world has that original piece.
Let's see if the buyer loves it as much as we do.
If that's in here, what's in the master?
Only one way to find out.
Remember this room at the beginning?
It was brown and had yellow floors.
Now, it's super bright and vibrant
with this really cool accent wall.
Yeah, this looks so good.
You know, these design choices make a big statement.
It may not be right for everybody,
but I really like them.
It looks amazing. Really cool.
What's super cool about this room
is you look at the green wall and then you turn over here
and you're like, "Oh my God, it ties in so well
- with this green bathroom. - Oh, that's cool.
Remember when this was a short shower
with that yellow, plastic fake tile?
Yeah. But now we've got this slick green hex
on the floor and a cool tropical tile on the back,
which reaches all the way up to the ceiling.
Raising it up makes this place feel so much bigger.
It feels so airy - and bright. - Yeah.
I really like how the wall tile
transitions into the floor tile.
The green kind of blending into the white.
It's a really cool idea.
I can't wait to see the rest of the house.
Yeah, let's have a look - at the rest. - Cool.
These other two bedrooms were pretty bland before.
They're a lot more inviting now.
Looks so good, - doesn't it? - Yeah, this is really nice.
This is Marley's room now.
Look, you're making yourself at home.
- I think she claimed it. - Dude.
Let's go see the backyard. Yeah.
Remember that backyard shed
and the jungle growing around it?
They're history.
- Wow. - The landscaping has changed.
The new fence looks awesome.
By far, though, the craziest truck antics award
goes to you, dude.
Whoa!
You took that whole thing down. That was crazy.
And now, these people have a giant back patio
to do whatever you want, you know.
Yeah.
Well, alright, gang. It's been a race
to the finish, but we did it.
Well, I'll tell you what. Let's get it across
the finish line. Let's give her some space
to do the open house. You and I get out of here.
- Let's do it. - Let's go.
Come on, Marley.
Cranking out this house in a month
was a challenging goal,
and we did end up going a little bit over schedule.
But the surge in the market has gotten even crazier
this past week, and based on the latest comps,
we now feel confident listing the property
for $349,900.
It's an optimistic target, but hopefully it'll pay off.
It's time to see if the public agrees
with the bold choices we made.
- Hello. - Hello.
Hi. How are you? How are you?
How's it going? Hello.
Let's see. This is the open house.
- Yes, open house. - This is nice.
I like this extra space.
I love the colors.
It's two bedroom or three bedrooms?
Three bedrooms, two bathrooms.
1,304 square feet. OK.
What do you think of this tile, though? I was going to ask you.
- Oh, I like it. - Is it's different.
It's really bright, isn't it? Right.
Have a look at the kitchen over here.
- I like this setting. - Yeah?
Yes. I like that
the appliances are updated.
And this is - the seating area? - Yeah.
It's a nice, little, cozy space here.
- Yeah. - Could be a TV room.
Here we have the hall bathroom.
- Oh, wow. - It's kind of...
- It's very Florida. - That has to go.
Here's the guest bedrooms.
This is nice, but I like the colors.
I think I would like this room.
- You would like this one? - Oh, you like this one?
Yeah.
This would be a great office space.
Yeah, there's enough room here for two desks.
We could both work from home.
Here we have the primary bedroom.
This is nice! Yes.
I really like that green wall. The green really brings out--
The green brings out the gray.
I'm not a big fan of the green.
Yeah.
I'll definitely change it to a different color
And this is the bathroom.
I don't really like it.
- To much for me. - You'd be showering in the rainforest.
I like that pattern over there.
I really like the green. I think it's my favorite.
Well, this house wasn't for everyone,
and I'll admit, that made me a little nervous.
We made some artistic decisions,
that not all the buyers agreed upon.
However, that gamble paid off.
A few days later, we found the right buyer
and they offered us $355,000.
We bought this house for $141,000,
and our reno budget went slightly over,
landing at around $65,000.
We also got stuck paying more interest than we wanted,
hitting a notch above $7,000.
Closing costs came in at just under $16K,
putting our total investment at just under $229,000.
So this sale earned us a great profit
of just over $126,000.
It was a crazy sprint to get this house done,
but we made it to the end and we finished in style.
A glass, madame? Thank you.
What's with the knife there, Crocodile Blondie?
It's to help us celebrate.
Check it out. You ready for this?
We're about to have some fun.
I've seen videos. This always goes wrong.
I don't think it's working.
Should I just open it myself? Here.
- There it is. - Ooh! Whoa!
Well, that's a party now. Let's pour up.
We're celebrating. Life is good.
- To Killian, y'all. - Yup.
Knocking it out of the park so quick.
And for a six-figure payday--
more than we've ever imagined when we started.
- It's awesome. - Super exciting.
Yeah, if we keep selling houses like this,
holy cow.
I think we're better at flipping houses
than we are at opening champagne,
but I sure like to drink it with y'all.
- Cheers. - Perfect.